2024-03-29T02:16:52+00:00https://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/qrcodehttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/jsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/xmlhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/geojsonhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/pdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438/format/rdfhttps://finds.org.uk/database/artefacts/record/id/921438921438KENT-E13039PAS5BBE130300192BCOIN2.152.6516.1311GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL-210-190A heavily worn copper-alloy coin struck at the Phoenician colony Ebusus (the Balearic island of Ibiza) c.210-c.190s BC, 708; Villaronga pg. 93, 22; SNG Morcom 15.
Description: Obverse: Squatting facing Kabeiros/Bas [holding hammer in right hand] and serpent in the left. Reverse: Bull butting left. Reverse is slightly struck off centre.
Measurements: 16.13mm in diameter, 2.65mm thick and 2.15g in weight.
Discussion: While an apparently odd coin to be found in Kent, it has been noted by Iron Age Kentish Coinage expert David Holman that a small spread of these coins is known from Eastern Kent. This coin is the most westerly outlier of the known spread and furthest from the coast.. See: KENT-0414B2 for another recent example from Kent.2018-10-10 15:56:032018-10-11 12:31:42411Certain116666PAS5BBE130300192B7242KENTCopper alloy10627Struck or hammeredCompleteGREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIALx109524p0gjgrsmhncGREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIALx109524p0gjgrsmhncMetal detectorCircaCirca92003518210183131822441421TQ8149TQ8149TQ84NW51.21151850.58999561810443444Squatting facing Kabeiros and hammer in the rightBull butting left115821111111625Uncertain (copper alloy)Ebususebusus26588394046632008294120082941Ibizaencoded.vows.lovesx51844Worn: fineworn11 o'clockRegular1030466KENTE13039.jpg1025241Coin of EbususKent County Council4images/ucljo/South EastEuropean RegionCountyKentDistrictMaidstoneCivil Parish51.20560.619418East SuttonReturned to finder608995423